Back-band hook



(No Model.

M. P. DI [ALi BACK-BAND HOOK.

No. 600,412. Patented Mar. 8, 1898.

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PATENT BACK-BAND HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,412, dated March 8, 1898. Application filed June 1, 1896. Serial No. 593,955. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARSHALL FRANKLIN DIAL, of Kedron, Cleveland county, Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Back-Band Hooks, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification.

The invention relates to improvements in back-band hooks.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of back-band hooks and to provide a simple, strong, and durable one adapted to be easily applied to a backband and readily adjusted thereon and capable of securely holding a trace-chain and of preventing the same from accidentally slipping off of it.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a back-band hook which will be entirely on the exterior of the back-band in order to avoid any liability of chafing an animal.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

The figure of the drawing is a perspective View of a back-band hook constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a portion of a back-band.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a back-band hook comprising a substantially rectangular frame 2 and an oblong loop 3, depending froin the bottom of the frame and disposed in a plane at right angles to the same and forming the hook proper for the reception of a trace-chain. The frame 2 comprises a transverse bottom portion and parallel sides, which terminate at their upper ends in eyes 4: and 5 for the reception of a pin, and the latter attaches the back-band hook to the backband and also serves as a pintle for hinging the former to the latter to permit the backband hook to swing outward. The pin, which is provided at one end with a point,is inserted in the back-band, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and does not extend entirely through the same, so that the backband hook is disposed entirely on the exterior of the back-band to avoid any liability of chafing an animal.

The frame is provided at one of its eyes with an arm 7, disposed substantially parallel with the adjacent side of it and adapted to be engaged by a substantially L-shaped arm 8 of the adjacent end of the pin. The substantially L-shaped arm 8 of the pin serves as a handle and is connected with the pin by a bend or loop 9, which renders the arm 8 resilient, so that it may be readily sprung into engagement with the straight arm 7 to provide a latch for locking the pin against longitudinal movem ent to prevent it from becoming accidentally withdrawn from the backband. WVhen it is desired to detach the backband hook, the resilient arm 8 is adapted to be readily sprung out of engagement with the straight arm, which is normally arranged between the loop or bend 9 and the angle of the arm 8, as clearly shown in the drawing.

The oblong loop which forms the hook proper is composed of parallel inner and outer sides '10 and 11, connected at their lower ends by a bend, the outer side 11 being extended above the inner side and above the transverse portion or bottom of the frame 2 and being provided at its top with an inwardly-extending arm 12. The oblong loop is practically closed at its top and bottom, and a link moving upward and downward on it cannot posi lows: The back-ba11d hook is simple, strong,

and durable and is adapted to retain a link andprevent the same from being accidentally thrown out of engagement with it. It dispenses with abuckle and, while being readily adjustable on a baclcband, is disposed entirely on the exterior of the same to avoid chafing an animal. The attachmentpin, which enables the back-band hook to be readily applied to a back-band, forms a pintle and hinges the frame of the hook, and it is also looked against longitudinal movement, so that it cannot become accidentally withdrawn from the back-band.

What I claim is 1. A'back-band hook comprising a frame provided with opposite sides terminating at their upper ends in eyes, a hook proper depending from the frame,a removable pin passing through said eyes and adapted to secure the frame detachably to a back-band, said pin being arranged at the top of the frame and forming a pintle to permit the device to swing outward, and a locking device detachably securing the pin in said eyes and consisting of a pair of interlocking arms mounted respectively on the frame and the pin, substantially as described.

2. A back-band hook comprising a frame provided With opposite sides terminating at MARSHALL FRANKLIN DIAL.

Witnesses:

JOHN HENRY OAKS, JESSIE HORACE CARMIOAL. 

